Q Cafe - Seattle

As anyone who reads this blog regularly will know, there are two churches in Seattle that I pay a passing interest in - Mars Hill, and Quest. Quest is pastored by Eugene Cho, who's blog is on my recommended list. Part of the ministry at Quest is Q Cafe - and it looks amazing!

It is basically a non-profit community coffee shop, set up in a formerly disused warehouse next to their church in downtown Seattle run with the motto "be a good neighbour". As well as serving the usual coffee shop stuff, they offer local artists a bit of gallery space, and act as a venue in the evening for local musicians, drama groups, and open mic nights etc. They offer internet facilities (free wifi) and IT training to the local community, and provide a base for the churches homeless outreach program! Before the church had dedicated sanctuary they met here on Sundays!

The best thing about it is it cost the church very little! The warehouse was a free gift and the decor is very minimal.

The more I read about it I think, why doesn't our church have one! What an outreach into their community it must be. Eugene has mentioned in the past about talking a certain amount of stick over it not being "overtly christian", but surely as a Church there is more to outreach than preaching at people.

I have been meaning to post on this for ages, but it was being in the Eat etc (which was great by the way, only had ice-cream and coffee, but the decor and atmosphere was really great), on the site of the old Movies and Mochas today that got me thinking about it. From what I can see they are running this place to do something similar - I just wish Glenmachan had bought it instead and we were involved! 

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